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Bacula-Web 8.7.0

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I’m pleased to announce that Bacula-Web 8.7.0 has been released.

This release bring a minor feature (volume details page) and several bug fixes.

Here’s a summary of the changes included in this release

  • you can list jobs attached to a volume aside of some volume details
  • a Docker image is now availabe on Docker Hub
  • no more errors if you disable user authentication (while using basic http auth or LDAP)
  • versions of PHP prior version 7.4 is not supported anymore
  • code has been fixed and refactored, really a lot …

For more details, the release notes is available on GitHub.

Important note

Kind reminder, since release v8.6.0, Apache, Nginx or Lighttpd document root folder muse be set as below

WEB_SERVER_ROOT/bacula-web/public

In this example, you can replace WEB_SERVER_ROOT by /var/www/html (adapt to your environment

As usual, I strongly encourage everyone to upgrade to the latest release.

Please note that I’ve added some informations related to security in the security chapter of the documentation

What’s coming next ?

Here’s a short list of what you could expect from next releases

  • release frequency will be shorter (I’ll change how I plan and prepare releases in the future)
  • more improvements with translations
  • and even much more …

Download

Bacula-Web release 8.7.0 Composer package, and sha signature files are available using the link below

https://github.com/bacula-web/bacula-web/releases/tag/v8.7.0

Install / Upgrade

Please follow installation or upgrade guides

Bacula-Web documentation is kindly hosted by ReadTheDocs <3

Note

This release have been tested on the platform listed below

  • FreeBSD 14.0 using PHP 8.0.25
  • Centos 8 Stream using PHP 7.4
  • Centos 8 Stream using PHP 8.0
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) using PHP 7.4
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) using PHP 8.1
  • Debian 10 (Buster) using PHP 8.0
  • Fedora 36 using PHP 8.1.12
  • Fedora 37 using PHP 8.1.12
  • Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) using PHP 7.4.3
  • Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy JellyFish) using PHP 8.1

How to get help ?

You can submit a new bug report or feature request on the GitHub project

Please use Github discussions to ask a question or give a feedback

Community

I’d like to thanks all contributors for your feedbacks, help and precious contributions. Without you, this release wouldn’t be possible.

Thanks for using and supporting Bacula-Web project